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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the Senators give Moe Berg his unconditional release?
(a) August 1, 1939.
(b) July 25, 1934.
(c) July 4, 1936.
(d) June 17, 1933.

2. What was an organization designed to spread propaganda in South and Central America to keep the citizens of those countries on the side of the United States during World War II?
(a) OSS.
(b) OIAA.
(c) CHIA.
(d) POLY.

3. Who picked up Berg in 1931 when Chicago put him on waivers?
(a) The New York Yankees.
(b) The Cleveland Indians.
(c) The Milwaukee Brewers.
(d) The Brooklyn Dodgers.

4. From what high school did Moe Berg graduate?
(a) Bellmont High School.
(b) Barringer High School.
(c) Beaufort High School.
(d) Bradford High School.

5. To what team was Moe Berg loaned in the second half of the season in 1924, where he shone on a losing team?
(a) The Little Rock Travelers.
(b) The Washington Senators.
(c) The Toledo Mud Hens.
(d) The Minneapolis Millers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What New York City newsreel production company had Berg had contracted to film the sights of his second trip to Japan?

2. What does RBI stand for?

3. Moe Berg went to Saint Luke's Hospital ostensibly to visit the daughter of what American ambassador?

4. What two baseball clubs approached Moe Berg after his college graduation?

5. What was a royal palace in Paris which stood on the right bank of the River Seine until 1871, when it was destroyed in the upheaval during the suppression of the Paris Commune?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Moe Berg's rooftop filming in Japan in Chapter 7, "Strange Foreigner with Camera." Where did he film from?

2. How does author Nicholas Dawidoff describe Moe Berg's sports persona in Chapter 1, "The Public Berg: Professor Moe"?

3. What led to Moe Berg's first trip to Japan in Chapter 7, "Strange Foreigner with Camera"?

4. What academic success did Moe Berg attain in Chapter 3, "The Stiff Collar"? What athletic success?

5. What did Moe Berg take along with him on his second trip to Japan in Chapter 7, "Strange Foreigner with Camera"? Who had contracted Berg?

6. What university did Moe enter in 1919? What was his demeanor there described as?

7. What led to Moe Berg's second Japan trip in Chapter 7, "Strange Foreigner with Camera"? What other ballplayers went on the tour?

8. Describe Moe Berg's baseball career in the 1924-1925 seasons in Chapter 5, "Good Field, No Hit." For what teams did Moe play?

9. What did Bernard Berg study to become after leaving the laundry business in Chapter 2, "Youth: Runt Wolfe"? How did Bernard feel about religion?

10. What was John Kieran credited with in Chapter 1, "The Public Berg: Professor Moe"?

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